- twists and turns
- to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
- appearance; facial features; look
- to replace; to take the place of
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- manor; feudal land; villa and park
- agreement; contract
- a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- the New World; the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia
- to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- resident; inhabitant
- composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- inner quality; basic essence
- essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
- pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software)
- to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
- gasoline
- to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)
- innovative
- only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
- 稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little
- to gain; to get; to acquire
- repeatedly; time and again
- to suffer a defeat; to fail; to fall behind
- café; coffee shop; CL:家[jia1]
- (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- surname Peng
- café; coffee shop
- one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin